Dr Stephen Atherton

BA (Hons) Geography & Education, MA, PhD (Aberystwyth), PGCTHE (Aberystwyth), Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Stephen received a 1st class degree BA (Hons) in Geography and Education, and was awarded funding by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for an MA (passed with distinction) and Doctorate (awarded in 2011), all at Aberystwyth University. Stephen was awarded a PGCTHE in 2012 and is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Module Coordinator

• ED21100 - Personal and professional Development in Childhood Studies
• ED21100 - Personal and professional Development in Childhood Studies
• ED24320 - Safeguarding and Professional Practice
• ED24420 - Supporting Learners with Complex Needs
• ED24520 - Policies and Perspectives of Learning Difference and Inclusion
• ED30120 - Critically Reflecting and Evaluating Learning and Skills
• ED33020 - Communicating Science: the Scientists, the Media and the Public
• ED33640 - Major dissertation
• ED33640 - Major dissertation
• EDM7220 - Children, Global Citizenship & Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Policy & Practice

Blackboard Dept Admin

• AD33640 - Traethawd Hir
• ED20520 - Bilingual Education
• ED20620 - Working with Children
• ED23920 - Community, Co-operation and Education
• ED30420 - Special Educational Needs
• ED33820 - Promoting Health in the Developing World: Challenges and Goals
• ED34220 - The Development of Numeracy
• AD10120 - Polisiau a Materion Mewn Addysg
• AD20320 - Dulliau Ymchwil
• ED13620 - Key Skills for University
• ED20120 - Psychology of Learning and Thinking
• ED30320 - Mathematical Development in the Early Years
• ED30620 - Children's Rights
• AD20120 - Seicoleg Dysgu a Meddwl
• AD33600 - Traethawd Hir
• ED10120 - Policies and Issues in Education
• ED10620 - Early Years Provision: Principles and Practice
• ED11320 - Young Children Learning
• ED13520 - An Introduction to Global Education
• ED20320 - Research Methods
• ED34020 - Education and Community Development
• ED22420 - Discourses Language and Education
• ED23820 - Research Methods
• ED33720 - Global Perspectives on Rights and Education
• ED33920 - Teaching Methodologies
• AD19220 - Datblygiad Plant
• AD20220 - Llythrennedd Mewn Plant Ifanc
• ED23620 - Effective Professional Practice
• ED23740 - Placement Module
• AD13620 - Sgiliau Allweddol i Brifysgol
• AD30320 - Datblygiad Mathemategol yn y Blynyddoedd Cynnar
• ED13120 - Education for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development
• ED20420 - Education, Diversity and Equality
• ED20600 - Working with Children
• ED20820 - Making Sense of the Curriculum
• ED13720 - Play and Learning:Theory and Practice
• ED20220 - Literacy in Young Children
• AD11320 - Plant Ifainc yn Dysgu
• ED10220 - Child Development
• ED34120 - International Development and Practice

Coordinator

• ED13920 - ICT in Learning and Teaching
• ED21100 - Personal and professional Development in Childhood Studies
• ED24520 - Policies and Perspectives of Learning Difference and Inclusion
• ED24320 - Safeguarding and Professional Practice
• ED14020 - Effective Classroom Practices and Teaching Skills
• ED30120 - Critically Reflecting and Evaluating Learning and Skills
• ED24420 - Supporting Learners with Complex Needs
• EDM7220 - Children, Global Citizenship & Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Policy & Practice
• ED33020 - Communicating Science: the Scientists, the Media and the Public
• ED21140 - Personal and professional Development in Childhood Studies
• ED33640 - Major dissertation

Lecturer

• ED14020 - Effective Classroom Practices and Teaching Skills
• ED14220 - Numeracy and Literacy for All
• ED24320 - Safeguarding and Professional Practice
• ED24520 - Policies and Perspectives of Learning Difference and Inclusion
• ED13820 - The Learner and the Learning Environment
• ED33020 - Communicating Science: the Scientists, the Media and the Public
• ED24420 - Supporting Learners with Complex Needs
• ED30120 - Critically Reflecting and Evaluating Learning and Skills
• ED14120 - Inclusive Learning Practices
• ED33640 - Major dissertation

Tutor

• EDM7220 - Children, Global Citizenship & Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Policy & Practice
• EDM8160 - Dissertation
• AD30120 - Gwerthuso ac Adlewyrchu ar Sgiliau Dysgu yn Gritigol
• EDM8360 - Professional Practice Portfolio

Moderator

• ED13920 - ICT in Learning and Teaching
• ED24320 - Safeguarding and Professional Practice

Stephen's research has predominantly been in areas of gender and the military from which he has drawn key educational, geographical and sociological themes. His research has particularly focused on areas such as home and the family, emotions and memory, children's access to education and services, and adult education and training. Throughout these themes Stephen has engaged with a critical analysis of the social construction of gender, with specific emphasis on how masculinities are performed from a cultural repertoire of identities that are temporally and spatially contingent.

Stephens research is now developing into a number of strands, including;

• The productions and performances of gendered identities in young children
• Technology and pedagogy
• Skills development in Higher Education
• Adult Education and training
• Children in Army families.